A few years ago, blind individuals only dreamt of accessing books that were available to sighted readers. Their choice of what to read was limited by the availability of books made in Braille. Such availability was not only costly, but limiting as Braille books were usually larger and heavier than conventional books

Nattiq is pleased to finally launch its new portal which took time and valuable resources. Three elements made this portal a challenge. We used two local companies to develop a portal for us which they did, but Nattiq ended up scrapping them and decided to develop the site in house.

With coordination with Alnoor Association for the Blind, Nattiq Technologies conducted a successful training course in Muscat, Oman which was attended by6 blind Omanies. The training lasted for 10 days and covered all of Hal’s features. The training was funded by the American Embassy in Oman as a part oftheir social responsibility program. A high-profile government representative attended the opening cermany. His Excellancy Salim Al Siyabi, Deputy Presidentof Majlis Al Shura inaugurated it.